# shells

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃɛlz/ · frequency rank #7,976

## Definitions
1. plural of shell
2. Alternative name for conchiglie, a type of pasta.

## Easily confused with
- **smell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-smell)
- **spell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-spell)
- **swell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-swell)
- **snell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-snell)
- **shill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-shill)
- **skills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-skills)
- **steals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-steals)
- **stella** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-stella)
- **Stalls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-stalls)
- **spills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-spills)
- **shelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-shelly)
- **smelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-smelly)
- **smalls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-smalls)
- **shelves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shells-vs-shelves)
- **sell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sell-vs-shells)
- **she's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/she-s-vs-shells)
- **shall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shall-vs-shells)
- **shell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shell-vs-shells)
- **sells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sells-vs-shells)
- **shelf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelf-vs-shells)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hsells`, `sehlls`, `shellss`, `shels`, `shelsl`, `shhells`, `shlels`, `sshells`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shells